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Parawentzelella

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Parawentzelella was named by Fontaine (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m P Djhu].

It was assigned to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Waagenophyllinae by Minato and Kato (1965), Hill (1981), Wang et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Parawentzelella Fontaine p. 185
1965Parawentzelella Minato and Kato p. 163
1981Parawentzelella Hill
2002Parawentzelella Sepkoski
2018Parawentzelella Wang et al. p. 337

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWaagenophyllinaeWang 1950
genusParawentzelella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Parawentzelella Fontaine 1961
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Subg. †Parawentzelella (Parawentzelella) Fontaine 1961
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Invalid names: Wentzelella paracanalifera Huang 1932 [synonym]
†Parawentzelella gansuense Lin and Rodriguez 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Guizhou) P. paracanalifera (95936) P. yaoshangensis (95972)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Gansu) P. gansuense (87395)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iraq Wentzelella socialis (75649)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Malaysia P. socialis (75755)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Laos P. canalifera (125044)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia Wentzelella canalifera (113805)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Japan P. sp. (24126)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Lonsdaleia socialis (233582) P. gubleri (124989) P. regularis (125039)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Cambodia Lonsdaleia canalifera (233581) P. canalifera (125032 125050 125056 125057 125058 125059 125060 125061 125062 125063)